News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-05-05
MYSTERIES OF ADAY,
NOTABLE EVENTS REFERRED
TO IN THE PAPERS.
A Postal Raid-An Insurance Pro-
position Making Postal Cards
Went Deer Hunting, ETC., etc.

taSteu several hours, ana finally the
soldiers disappeared in midair. The
people stood awestruck in great crowds
and observed every movement of the
phantom soldiers with breathless atten
ton. Two gendarmes afterwards Went
IN the direction OF the scene of action tC
see if any traces could be found, but OF
course in vain. The phenomenon is be-
heved to have been reflection of some
infantry divisions manoevering at some
miles distance.
ONCE over the bar at its entrance from
the Gulf, the Suwanee River holds its
way with deep current, in places OF
forty feet, far up through the forests OF
the best hard pine in the State. 1t is
the Penobscot of Florida. 1t has some
good land upon it where plantations
have heretofore been made, but after a
while generally abandoned. The dark
river has, too, its romance, as being the
place which gave rise to the melody
which, like 'tHome. Sweet Home" the
affection Of the heart Will never let go
For If was here that French family in
the time of Louis XIV came over and
settled upon the Suwanee and made n
plantation. After q while the father
and mother and all died save one daugh-
ter, who, disheartened and desOlate, re-
turned to France, and there wrote,
adopting in part that negro dialect
which she had been familiar with ON the
plantation in her girlhood, a feeling
tribute to ''the old folks at home" in
their graves in the far-off country.
A CITIZEN of Worth, Ga, has a hound
that would go deer hunting alone. So
he chained the dog to s block of wood
just large enough to keep him from run
ming. One day the dog could not be
found. While searching for him his
master heard him bay some distance in
the woods. He went to the spot but the
dog was not to be seen, vet his bay was
heard several hundred yards further on.
The dog barked only two Or three-times.
When the owner arrived at where he
supposed the dog to be, he heard him
still further on. This WAS kept up for
some time, till finally the owner caught
up with him, saw the dog lay the block
on the ground, bark three times, take
the block up in its mouth again and
move along on the tr,dl. The dog was
trailing deer, and carried the block in
its mouth, except when it paused to let
its master know where it was.
A New YORK merchant received an
account sent by Cincinnati house in
which there was an error of 4 cents !
The latter wrote about it. The postage
on the letter was % cents, payable on
delivery. Indignant ut such a payment,
and determined to punish the New York
merchant, the Cincinnati house inclosed /
him by mail a package containing
coy oil
York merchant had to pay 50 postage. |
The New York merchant returned by
mail a package, the postage on which 7!
cost the Cincinnati house So. This WAS
continued to the benefit of the Post
Office fund to the extent of $50, when
the Cincinnati house sent by mail the
clog book of ship, for which the
New York merchant paid SIT in postage
and gave in that he was beaten.
G. G. WooDwoRTH of Albany, head of
the concern that makes postal cards for
the Government, says that at the factory
IN C0stletOn, Pa, they manufacture
p5l5tyeen two and three tons a day the
ye--f round. The largest order they ever
filed Cor one city was i, COO, goo cards, or
about twelve tons Ofpaper, for New York,
which use about 6,0000 900 cards a
month. Chicago comes next, with about
100000 cards in the same period
There are 100000, 600 postal cards
manufactured annually. TwO-cent pos
tage did not lessen the use of postal
cards, but checked the growth of their
use for some little time. The check has
been overcome, and the public are
using more and more postal cards every
day.
A LITTLE girl in Mansfield, O., play
ing with beans, drew a large one through
her windpipe into the left lung. A skill
full surgeon was sent for. He would not
perform an operation, bat said that the
effect of the bean on the lung would be
to produce violent coughing, that the
bean would be thrown into the wind
pipe, and then it could he removed. The
child was taken to Cleveland and sur
geOn was kept constantly IN attendance.
At length the coughing came on and the
bean was lodged in the windpipe, as ex-
pected. Two surgeons were present and
at once operated upon the child. The
bean was removed and the child APP
peaIed to be in fair way to recover,
but it died the next day.
Two negroes tied their clothing to the
backs Of their necks and attempted to
swim the river near Abbeviile, s. c. One
OF them gained the opposite bank in
safety, but the ether drowned. The plan
for recovering the dead body was rather
a novel one. An old darkey took bun
de of fodder and placed it in the river
where the drowning negro first sank,
when 1t fioated down about fifty wards
and suddenly stopped and commenced
TO whirl slowly round and round Here
the old negro dived down and secured
the body. He claims to have recovered
four or five other lost bodies by this
means in his experience, and declares ii
to be infalliblo.
A NEW insurance company with an in
genious scheme has Just established its
headquarters in Buffalo. The purpose
is to enable parents, by means of small
weekly payments, to provide for their
boys at the age OF q q sum sufficient to
give them a business start, and to fur
nish all the girls with enough money to
furnish home handsomely after
marriage. A payment of five cents n
week, begun at birth and continued
until the beneficiary attains his majority,
viii yield an endowment of SIS8. 81. A
payment Of 25 cents per week secures an
endowment of S941.76; 81 per week,
s., 762. The death of the beneficiary
cancels the policy.
For thirteen years an eagle has
made her nest in a cave near Santa
Rosa, Cal, and reared her young. As
soon as they are old enough to care for
themselves size disappears and is not
seen again, until the next year. The
young do not follow her, but stay in the
neighbOrhood until shot or driven away.
In the spring, when she comes to build
her nest, she flies directly over the cave
for several days, flying little lower
each day until at last she reaches the
cave. After this perhaps she is not
again seen for q week, when she comes
out in search of food.
EDITOR GRAVES of the jacksonville
Fla., Herald went to see n smuggling
match the other evening as he says, Gin
r thoughtless and entirely casual way,
but he has repented of it, and in per-
sOnal card in his paper says: Z" The fact
that many of the best and most reputa
bic citizens of Jacksonville were among
the spectators does not justify me, III
view Of my church relations, for being
present, frankly repent the thought
less error, and shall make my excuses
where they are better due.
THERE recently died in Alexandria,
Va, an old man who had long carried
ON, IN small way, hejewelry business.
A commission appointed to examine
into his affairs found in his dilapidated
house where he had lived with his aged